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Luckily I also no longer need to pass a polygraph test as a hiring criteria, and Homeland Security was never interested in me. Being boring and retired has it's advantages.

Now I have to rat myself out about the juvenile delinquent days of my youth. When I was young, the schools I went to still had the older desks with the included ink wells. It was also before medications were prescribed with locking or threaded "childproof" caps. When our science teacher showed us the reaction of vinegar and baking soda, we instantly conjured up a use for the mixture. At home we would fill a pill bottle a little over half full of vinegar and roll up some baking soda using our binder paper. Then when no one was looking we would quickly put the baking soda, "pill" into the bottle, quickly snap the lid back into place, and place it in the ink well of a desk. If the baking soda had been wrapped pretty well it would take some time for the paper to soak through allowing hopefully for someone to arrive and sit in the desk. At any rate sooner or later, occupied or not, the bottle would "blow" spraying the contents, usually about ceiling height and scaring everyone who was unaware in all of the surrounding desks. It would normally make only a relatively small mess that consisted mostly of a small mess on the ceiling that would disappear when it dried. But then someone had to wreck all of the fun, that was mostly ignored by the teachers for what it was, and started putting ink in the vinegar. That of course started staining people's clothing and the ceiling and because of the more serious penalties, brought the "Fun" to a halt. Looking back I suppose it could have also sprayed vinegar in someone's eyes or hit them with the flying cap but for some reason that never happened. It was definitely another age. I am also pretty certain the Statute Of Limitations has ran out and I am somewhat safe.

I think I may have mis-worded my statement yet again. There may not be an issue with using break fluid, or with using Chlorine to strip model paint. BUT if you combine the two compounds it is certain that you will not be happy with the results. Our bomb squad showed us a live demo back in my academy days and believe me it was IMPRESSIVE! I think our demo used larger doses with much larger results but here is an idea of what happened just by mixing the two. The goo left over could very well be your model, or even worse your modeling location.

So what kinds of issues have you ran into KP?

The M8 is one of the few, tracked vehicles I ever built as a kid. I think it was an old Revell kit but it could have been a Monogram. I enjoyed the concept of the design. Still do.

That is cleaning the oils and dirt, not stripping the finish.

Some people here have also said that they use brake fluid to strip chrome. At all costs keep it away from brake fluid! VERY bad JuJu.

While it is pretty certain that either of EG's methods would work you may want to try another possibility. If you have a 3/4" drill with a chuck to hold bits, you should be able to open them enough to hold the bombs while spinning them slowly. Then it is just a matter of holding your brush in place while the bomb spins and you have your stripe or stripes.

I kind of did the same thing to a M-60 barrel once. I didn't wreck it but fired WAY to many rounds through it in too short of a time. We always carried a spare barrel but almost never needed to change them.

I like the new .50 color much better than before Jack. This tank is rapidly filling out and becoming more interesting every day. You have not only captured the look but matched the production speed that made the M4 such a useful design. Like the Liberty, and even the later Victory ships, and even Corvettes were not the best of their types, they could be built in a hurry and got the job done. Not too sure I would personally like having a drum filled with probably something flammable sitting on the nose of my tank. I think I would have as much spare track I could find up there instead. All that steel track has to be kind of useful as an extra layer of armor if nothing else.

I hope you aren't finished with it yet. What has it been, 48 hours?!!!!!!!

From what I understand, that was pretty much how they did it. I read somewhere that in many cases they didn't even wash the mud and stuff off first. Nice progress Jack.

Thanks Denis It's kind of hard to take credit for cutting out a couple of PE parts and gluing them into place. But I did have to do considerable work in getting the Instrument panel to fit where it should properly. It is still not 100% right but the location is closer than it would have been straight out of the box.

A few other options if you are going to go HO: https://www.amazon.com/Revell-80-5207-Harbour-Tug-Boat/dp/B0002HZ18C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=revell+harbour+tug&qid=1586973324&s=toys-and-games&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Revell-Germany-North-Fishing-Trawler/dp/B0002HZ3EE/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=revell+harbour+tug&qid=1586973324&s=toys-and-games&sr=1-3 https://www.amazon.com/72-Coast-Guard-Tug-Boat/dp/B001KO0WSU https://www.amazon.com/72-Coast-Guard-Tug-Boat/dp/B001KO0WSU https://www.amazon.com/Lindberg-Tuna-Clipper-Plastic-Model/dp/B0070QN8IS https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-60-Shrimp-Boat-Chalutier-A-Crevettes-Lindberg-77223-Shrink-Wrapped-MISB-/254533135365?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c1#viTabs_0 https://www.amazon.com/Lindberg-scale-Force-Rescue-Boat/dp/B000XQ0Q46 https://www.ebay.com/c/3019258079 I am certain there are others that would do or could be bashed into submission to fill the need, but most of these would take little or no extra work to fill in. As an example the Lindburg Air Sea Rescue boat would make a better cabin cruiser base than a PT boat. If you want, I also have an old Airfix 1/72 E-boat hull and I believe an Airfix British MGB hull that could possibly do jury duty if you want them. I would have to go down into the basement and dig them out to be certain of just what I still have. I may also have an old Lindburg fishing trawler that was made RC years ago but has been sitting around for the last twenty years or so. I would have to double check on that as well.

Of course I will be following this build just like I have done your others kp. I am certain it is going to be quite the looker when you are done. Welcome to the rotor head club!

Welcome neighbor. I'll have to come by and look at your setup after all this other stuff is over.

Definitely turning into a rich mans play toy. Got any sexy blonds laying around to add to the build?

That is really quite an engine Lou

But you would sure feel it when they hit you in the head from behind!

WOW, that is really moving along Jack. You have gotten more done in a day than i have managed to do in two months! Keep this up and you will have it done by tomorrow!

Thanks Jack I can't help but wish it was better but I think I may be stretching my abilities to the max now. I had forgotten about that as well. How hot the metal could get sitting in the sun sometimes. On the days that the sun didn't shine there was probably mud everywhere! Fun times.

I'm 100% with Mark. Ever since childhood learning the history of the model was paramount, except possibly those periods where I liked building Sci-Fi models. Without the history the model is just an exercise in material assembling. While the act of building something nicely is certainly attractive to me, the choice of what to build will always be history related, even if the only information is a book out there somewhere.

Thanks Edward Thanks EG. To be honest, I have no idea about factory, generals, or otherwise. I think that the vast majority of the Ds and Hs that I flew in had black dashes. At least that is how my mind's eye sees them. I will have to take your word about delivery and orders I wouldn't even know where to start researching the matter. I also have, (Had) the option of going totally black and would have If I had not found this photo in my few remaining pictures: I was not all that good at taking pictures back then either, and the picture is not all that clear. That is compounded by me trying to get close enough to show what I am talking about. I was leaning toward doing the lighter dash just because it was so beautifully done in the supplied PE and it would have been a shame to not use it. My picture just allowed me to justify using it as although it may not have been common, there was at least one Huey in Vietnam in 1970 that had a gray dash despite orders, and I was on it at least once.

I wish!